The Bridge of Sighs is a 1936 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Onslow Stevens, Dorothy Tree and Jack La Rue.Keim p.129
Plot
Cast Onslow Stevens as Jeffrey 'Jeff' Powell Dorothy Tree as Marion Courtney, aka Mary Court Jack La Rue as Packy Lacy Mary Doran as Evelyn 'Duchess' Thane Walter Byron as Arny Norman Oscar Apfel as Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell Maidel Turner as Mrs. Blaisdell John Kelly as Tommy, the Taxi Driver-Thug Paul Fix as Harrison Courtney, Jr. aka Harry West Robert Homans as Homicide Capt. P.G. Otheron Selmer Jackson as Defense Attorney Alan Adams Bryant Washburn as Neselli Kathryn Sheldon as Mabel the Maid
Critical reception Lionel Collier, for the British magazine, Picturegoer, wrote, "A convincing atmosphere and some sound character work helps to make this wholly conventional crime story quite palatable." He added that the early sections of the film were "mechanical" but that it "gains suspense value and culminates in a spectacular climax." He commented that Dorothy Tree gave a performance that is "natural and gives an intelligent rendering of the part, which is quite convincing."
References
Bibliography Norman O. Keim. Our Movie Houses: A History of Film & Cinematic Innovation in Central New York. Syracuse University Press, 2008.
External links
Bridge of Sighs ат YouTube